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Stress levels and KC

Postby space_cadet » Sat 01 Sep 2018 10:26 am

At the end of May to start of June I had 2 incredibly traumatic sexual asaults within 6 days carried out by the same person.

(i tis in police hands)

My KC is at the stage of being legally blind and I have been awarethat cos i have been highly stressed as a result my remaining vision has dwindled a little from what it was or rather gone down by a fair bit

anyone else notice when stressed vision alters to other times?
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Re: Stress levels and KC

Postby Anne Klepacz » Sat 01 Sep 2018 11:28 am

Really sorry to hear you've had such an awful experience. And yes, I've certainly noticed over the years that stress levels and tiredness levels have affected my vision. Though I think it was usually temporary.

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Re: Stress levels and KC

Postby space_cadet » Tue 04 Sep 2018 7:52 pm

previously it has been temp but as we know my eyes, KC n life in general hate rule books n tend to revolt n protest at the very thought. :(
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Re: Stress levels and KC

Postby Green » Tue 23 Oct 2018 8:51 am

Very sorry to read this, I sincerely hope you are being given support and have a successful prosecution. Emotions do impact on visual acuity (and lens wear) in my experience but it's not area that interests practitioners, like everywhere else they expect positive stoicism

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Re: Stress levels and KC

Postby space_cadet » Tue 23 Oct 2018 12:29 pm

thanks for taking the time to reply, well in theory the **** is being interviewed on thursday, only thus far taken 23 weeks to get to this stage. Support wise, its been a farce, I am paying myself for private trauma therapy which is taking over 3/4 of the PIP I get a month (I don't work currently due to my physical health not just visual and now mental health which had been stable being anything but stable) I was the one who had to get access to victim support as noone thought to refer me to them, I have had o seek out everything thus far which has been draining to say the least.

As I said to my partner last night I have been lving on pause for over 5 months whiilst life has carried on around me, the closer we get to thursday this week the higher my anxiety is, as I type I am shaking physically due to anxiety, fear, hyper vigielence, I can't relax today at all my head is all over the place. I promised myself id be raw and real from day 1 with all this n not mask how it is impacting me but right now i really want to just put a mask back on but know htat would cause myself more harm than good in the long run. Tears in my eyes as I type and yeah life is ****
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